"The Architect and the Emperor of Assyria"      1972   Directed by Victor Garcia       Old Vic, London

Reviewer Milton Shulman, Evening Standard
"Jim Dale and Anthony Hopkins provided with an actor's dream - the stage to themselves and opportunities to indulge in a frenzy of mimicry, make-up and uninhibited emotion  - give lusty, acrobatic and enthusiastic impetus to this  avant garde theatrical statement."

David Gillard, Daily Sketch
"An ear piercing nuclear explosion and a crucifixion on a fork lift truck are just two of the electrifying moments in this production. There is no set, only a bare stage and a dazzling battery of spotlights that blaze and move in on just two characters. Anthony Hopkins sounding like a young Richard Burton is the Emperor, and Jim Dale proves again what a talented actor he is, is the Architect. Both are marvelous."

Reviewer Peter Lewis,  Daily Mail
"The production is staged as powerfully as an air-raid. Banks of moving searchlights assault the almost naked bodies of Anthony Hopkins and Jim Dale, whose sheer endurance in two terrifying parts is phenomenal."